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Every Time You Register A Domain Name with a Hyphen, a Puppy Dies

Think of the Puppies!

By on May 1, 2013 in Domains, Events, Press Releases

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m passionate about the Internet. They’ll probably also tell you that I’m very passionate about domains and marketing. A good domain, in my opinion, can make or break a business. If you’re too “clever” people won’t be able to find you, or send you email. Sure, if you’re a [...]

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Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival

By on March 4, 2013 in Events

We’ve been sponsors of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival for the last couple of years and are delighted to be involved again this year. Details below: Blacknight Sponsor 10th Annual Cork Lifelong Learning Festival Leading domain registrar continues commitment to local education March 4, 2013 – Carlow, Ireland – Ireland’s leading domain registrar and hosting [...]

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Press Release : Blacknight Sponsor the 2012 Irish Web Awards

By on October 8, 2012 in Events, Marketing, Press Releases

We’re strong believers in industry awards that are inclusive so we’re delighted to be involved with this year’s Irish Web Awards Press release below Blacknight Sponsor the 2012 Irish Web Awards October 8, 2012 – Carlow, Ireland – Leading domain and hosting company Blacknight have announced sponsorship of the 2012 Irish Web Awards. Blacknight, an [...]

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Unlisted but the Irish Web Awards Short Lists are out

By on October 5, 2012 in Events

You can’t win them all and you really can’t win them if you’re not short listed… Yes,  the Irish Web Awards short list is out. This year, as always, there’s a lot of talent on display and a lot of websites we’ve never even heard of. So it’s great when an awards ceremony comes along [...]

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Follow Us For Webfest – Life Is Web Specials

By on September 17, 2012 in dotme, Events, Marketing, Promotions

We’ll be attending Webfest in Budva, Montenegro this week… So that seems like a perfectly good reason excuse to celebrate with some special offers and discounts on domains and hosting .. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ and keep a close eye out for Webfest related offers. (NB: We won’t be publishing the offer [...]

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Talking About Domains and Internet Policy In Arizona

By on June 9, 2012 in Events, policy

The internet is a constantly changing landscape and those of us who are lucky enough to work in the industry face new and exciting challenges every single day. With that in mind I like to try and keep up to date with what is going on so that we can best serve our clients’ needs [...]

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Talking Malware At RIPE 63

By on October 30, 2011 in Events, Hosting, security

Image via Wikipedia RIPE 63 is being held this week in Vienna, Austria and I’ll be heading out to the meeting tomorrow (assuming Air France’s industrial actions don’t affect me!) One of the areas that I’m particularly interested in is network abuse and as such I’ll be presenting on Tuesday afternoon as part of the [...]

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MeetDomianers 2011

By on October 21, 2011 in aftermarket

Tydzień temu, w warszawskim hotelu Polonia odbyła się kolejna edycja imprezy MeetDomainers. Nie było to jednak tylko spotkanie branży domenowej, wiele z wystąpień poświęconych było inwestowaniu, od startupów internetowych czy technologicznych, po tematy – wydawać by się mogło – zupełnie odległe.

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Sponsoring 24 The Web

By on October 20, 2011 in Charity, Events

Here at Blacknight we’re strong believers in supporting interesting and / or worthy causes. We’ve sponsored plenty of events over the last few years and hopefully we’ll continue to be able to do so. Personally I love the concept behind 24 The Web. It’s so simple and incredible, so when I heard that Stewart was [...]

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Webfest.me Videos

By on September 27, 2011 in Events

Webfest, which was held last week in Budva, Montenegro, was streamed live.If you didn’t get to see it then you can still watch the sessions online as they were recorded.Here are the two I was involved with: On domains / hosting in general, with GoDaddy’s Yong Lee: Marketing on a shoestring budget: The slides I [...]

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Webfest Slides – Marketing On A ShoeString

By on September 23, 2011 in Events, Marketing

Here are my slides from WebFest.me – on “marketing on a shoestring budget”:

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Blacknight Sponsoring Best Use Of Social Media Award

By on July 22, 2011 in Blacknight, Events, Marketing, Press Releases

We’ve been involved with the Irish Internet Association and their annual awards ceremony, the Net Visionary Awards, for several years. We’ve sponsored it, been nominated, been shortlisted and even won a few awards over the past few years. This year we’re sponsoring a category that we feel particularly strongly about – “Best Use of Social [...]

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